Application half way done back to College

I just filed out a lot of information so that I can go back to Santa Monica College! Much has happen since I left SMC in December 2010. I went back to Sweden to be with my dad that was diagnosed with Cancer. In Febuary my dad lost his battle to the cancer. My sorrow has no end but I need to get my life back together and one step is to return to College.
So now I'm on my way!

Camilla

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Tapetdjur elefant 0120

Look at this Elephant, imagine it on a wall in a child's bedroom! There are many pattern to choose from and all kind of animals.
This Elephant has my favorite pattern designer Josef Frank. I actually had this wallpaper in my kitchen growing up, but with a white background.
Take a look at www.lollopard.se or go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/lollopard/286794549934?sk=wall!

Camilla

The Swedish maniac about "Shabby Chic Style"

What is the thing with people on blocket.se (craigslist.com) every thing that is white with broken paint so that you can see some of the wood materials is selling like butter in sunshine! I mean come on! I will show you what people are trying to sell for loads of money. Things that they bought on a flee market last week! Add some text take the time to smell the roses and it will be sooo gay!

Look a dinning table... anyone could say that their old table is Shabby Chic!

This one was one of two things that was cute, but this is only some paint and fabric!

Look at the small tables, the words are not even and it looks like the tables comes directly from Jysk (Walmart).

The this kitchen sofa,,, NO for the love of GOD!!! take it away! The design for a Shabby Chic should be more curved, soft, almost like the French country side style. Not this pine wood! In this case "Less is a bore"

Hum, what to do today?! Ohh well I will tear my kitchen out and write letters on it! Stop act like EVERY thing is Shabby Chic! Sweden, time to wake up!!!!

Missing LA soo much right now!

I should't have gone into sas.com to search for flight to LA, and I def should't have logged on to my SMC (Santa Monica College) profile....
Now I really want to go back to school there! If things just could be as normal as they could here first then I could go back.

Sweden is not to bad, but it's not LA. It's not my dream. I'm trying to focus on the reality and the things that are now. But I can't help dreaming about going back! So I have to make up a plan for me going back. There is still things that are keeping me her, like my dad. But when he is well and up and running again I can go back chasing my dream as a interior decorator.

I've just finished my studies at Halmstad Högskola (Halmstad University) I've studied 30hp (12 units) of Swedish Design which have been so much fun and interesting. But I still miss the US sooooooooo much that I could die alive...

Waking up at 4.45 am has been just time of thoughts going all around in my head, it might have been just what I needed to realize what I want.

But still I have to be here until my dad recovers and then I might just go back to where I belong.

Love

Milla

I've been in Sweden for a time now

Long time no see, I hope you all are well out there.
I've been in Sweden for little more than two months now and much has happen since I came here. My dear family member is still sick, I really hope that the wind will turn soon because we need it.

So the disease is taking up much of y every day.

I did't want to stop my studies completely so I'm taking Swedish Design at Halmstad university.

I will post another post soon.

Love Camilla

4 days!!! I'm moving back to Sweden!

I'm soon moving back to Sweden for a undecided amount of time..
My green back is to small!! I can't fit all my stuff in there?! Why?!

Art History tomorrow and then I'm off to Weekend!!! :)

Good night!!

Love Camilla

8 days left and then I'm going to Sweden

This Fall semester is almost all gone, and I'm really looking forward to my winter break. And the 3 of January my winter semester begins. Two online classes keeping my fingers crossed I have one already, a G.E (General Education) class Early Childhood Education. And then I'm hoping to crash another 3 unit class. Finals this week that is coming, Art 10C, English 1, Human Geography and Art History. And then I'm done! I have one class on Monday and then I'm going to the air port...Sweden time!!

Time pass by so fast and now it's time to catch up with my family members for a while. One of my family members is sick. I don't want to spend my time on the other side of the world.

This family member means way to much for me. So I'm coming home, for a undecided amount of time. And please those of you that know who my family member is, please don't say it here.

Love Camilla

8 days left and then I'm going to Sweden

This Fall semester is almost all gone, and I'm really looking forward to my winter break. And the 3 of January my winter semester begins. Two online classes keeping my fingers crossed I have one already, a G.E (General Education) class Early Childhood Education. And then I'm hoping to crash another 3 unit class. Finals this week that is coming, Art 10C, English 1, Human Geography and Art History. And then I'm done! I have one class on Monday and then I'm going to the air port...Sweden time!!

Time pass by so fast and now it's time to catch up with my family members for a while. One of my family members is sick. I don't want to spend my time on the other side of the world.

This family member means way to much for me. So I'm coming home, for a undecided amount of time. And please those of you that know who my family member is, please don't say it here.

Love Camilla

Long time no see or is it long time no blogging?

What the heck has been going on in my life the past 3 weeks?Well I better look back in my calender so that I don't miss anything.Week 1

Hollywood sign, now I can cross off one more thing on my list of things to do before I die. But I was a little disappointed because I've always imag

ine the Hollywood sign to be 3-D but it's so flat and much smaller than I thought. You can real

ly see it from far far away but it's not that big. I h

ad fu

n, nice company by Noemi and Moises.

Week 2

Thanksgiving in Vermont, I have been so close to go a

nd visit my old host family for two years but this time everything went as I wanted it to go. So Thursday at 4pm Brighton, Christina and Daniella picked me up at the ranch ( Dartmouth coach bus station) And I was so glad and relived that Brighton was so happy to see me and it felt almost like I been with her the whole time. I wa

s nervous to, I left a 4 year old girl and now

she was 7

years old. How would I talk to her?? What would she

remember and what would she have forgotten

during these 2,5 years I had been aw

ay. I showed her my pink camera which she liked ve

r

y much and we played with it the whole trip to W

ood

stock. And suddenly she asks me "Camilla, do you have ghost-vision?" "Do you see ghosts?" What do you answer?? I asked her why she thought t

hat and she told me that Mimi told me that. And I lo

oked at her and told her the truth.

When we got to the house everything was as it had been when I left. And I said hello to Amy, Teresa, Jackson and Zachary. The Boys were pl

aying Wii and Zach dose not remember me that mu

ch. He was only 2 when I left so I can understand that.

We had a lovely dinner, Teresa is the best! I meet so

me of Teresa and Amy's new friends and I got th

e chance to talk some more with Christina who was t

he a

u pair that came after me.

Friday was cold, I went with Amy and B

righto

n to pick-up Rebecka who is the current au pair. It was

nice talking to her she is a "Good girl" that is what Jackson would have said during the time I took care of him. Back home I played some more with

Brighton and the boy's played Wii. M

e, Rebecka and the Kids went to Woodstock playgrou

nd (The Green one) And had a few hours of fun in t

he cold. Saturday started of with lunch at Yama, why it started with lunch is because someone was up all night and could't sleep. And it started to snowing

when we got back out to the cars again. Then I went with Amy and Teresa to pick-out a

cake fo

r Zach birthday. The afternoon went by and it got dar

k, I helped Amy with some scrap booking for the kids.

Sunday, I slept on the couch so that I would't miss Z

ach's birthday. He was so happy and the best thing was of course a new game for the Wii.

After all the presents I had to go and pack my bags be

ca

use it was time to go back to LA.

I had a super fun and relaxing weekend and got back

with new energy.

"That is a big chicken"- Jackson

Uncle Balloon brought fireworks

Proud 5 year old Zach

This is how happy a 5 year old and his brother gets over a new game to their Wii

Week 3

Mostly school, preparing for finals and trying to stay above the water line when things are hard. But I'm thinking like Doris in Finding Nemo "keep on Swimming, keep on swimming"

Two more weeks + one day! Then it's time to go to Sweden over Christmas. Spending time with the people that means the most! Family. I just wish that I had more time to go and see my family in Tidaholm and Stockholm too.

Love Camilla

Happy Fathers day!

Happy Fathers day dad! I love you so!

Love

Camilla

My school is busy, there is not much free time at all. And I'm trying to get back on my feet again. Someone I love very much is sick and I'm trying to be there... not worry to much but it's hard because I love you so! You make my life, you make me live and you encourage me to go my own way. I'm here for you. Will always be here for you! I love you so!!!!

Those who knows who this is, please keep it. I love this person so and just want it all to go away. Soon.

Mean while I have to study so I will not be human at all.. trying to keep up.

Love

Camilla

Embarrassing or what?!

The best and funniest group at Santa Monica Blvd!

Pride don't forget

One of many altars at Dia de los Muertos

Group picture at Universal Studios

Ben & Jerry's ice-cream bar

Hard Rock Cafe!

My last blog was 12th of October, I really have to give you all an up to date about my life in LA.

• Midterm almost over!
  
• Still allot of homework but hopefully I will get some done in the library tomorrow!
• Been to Universal Studios i Hollywood and I have seen where they film Desperate Housewives, The Grinch, and a few action movies which I never remember the name of. And We (the nurses) saw Chucky the creepy doll!! We got a V.I.P tour by a friend of Margaux dad so we could skip every line! So Nice!
• Halloween is finely over, don't get me wrong just that Halloween started when we went to Knott's Scary Berry Farm and ended with amazing Halloween party on Santa Monica Blvd up in Hollywood! So I've been in a Halloween month!
• I've started to look at which classes I'm going to take for the winter semester at SMC. Math 5 units if it's not full when I get to sign-up in December. I hope that the most of the students will take winter semester off because the school has cut down all winter classes with 50% and we are only allowed to enroll in 5 Units! Then of course we might crash up to 3 more units for a total of 8 units. I really want to be done with school! I love it but I'm so inpatient I want to work now and get on with my life!!! But I know that I need my education too.
• Dia de los Muertos Saturday evening with market, music, beautiful altar with flowers, colors, pictures. So many beautiful colors, I will up lode pictures for you at the end. And after that me, Noemi and Moises went to Abbey so that I could find someone but I think I was to tired... got home and in to bed.
• Sunday October 31 a.k.i HALLOWEENmeet up with the girls, got ready and headed for the Halloween Parade on Santa Monica Blvd... there will be pictures from this event to.

I think I got it all in a very short but did I mention HOMEWORK?! If I'm absent sometime you have the answer now! I hope everyone is well!

Love Camilla

What a weekend I had...

Friday Night
Girls night out with Margaux, Noemi and Sofie in Hermosa... One bar after another, we were running away from a strange guy.... But we had fun fun fun!

Saturday by the pool

Me, Sofie, Noemi and Margaux... We started of by the small pool and then we headed to the big one... We did't feel that we wanted a volleyball in our heads... Crazy neighbors. Me and Sofie had fun playing with my camera in the pool. Noemi and Margaux was not able to stick to the pictures...

Sunday
Me, Margaux and Sofie went to The Flea Market. It's a big market with crafts and second hand... clothes, furniture, toys, you name it it was all there! And Hot!!

Even trough there was much to see I wont pay $8 to get in again. Sorry Flea Market but no.

Monday
School in the morning and some homework before I took the buss to Becka... I found a very hang-over girl... And I almost felt sorry for her... We watched Two and half Men, How I meet your Mother, and some more stuff I don't remember... To bad it takes me 1,5 hours to get there... (Someone lives two blocks from Hollywood Blvd)

Tuesday
When we woke up we went to Starbucks for some ice-the and ice-coffee. Back home and Becka got to do some packing and then out for a late lunch at

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel I had a Vegan burger with bacon, Sweet potato fries and a Water melon mojito at 2 pm. Good day or what?!

Love

Camilla

FrIeNdShIp

To my dear friends in Sweden; Love you, I haven't forgot you I still remember. But if I were to write to you all when I'm thinking of you I would never get of my computer... So I really hope that you know I'm thinking of you every day and I'm so thankful to you that supported me and my decision to move here where I'am now!

I think that you all need to be in my blog, I want to tell you all how happy I am, with getting here. And I could not have done it with out you!

As the weeks goes by, I feel bad because I don't write to you enough. My homeworks is taking time, school is crazy

always things to do "Ingen rast ingen ro"

I don't want you to think that I don't care any more. I don't want you to feel all forgotten. I don't want you to think I'm stupid and all up in my self.

I care so much about you all I'm just far away. How could I ever forget you? My friends with wings than helps me fly. I might end up talking about the U.S "When I went to College..." you have all ready heard "When I was au pair..." one million times if that's enough. (probably not...) Hit me with something hard and I will get back, it's just a big part of my life to be able to live my dreams.

But I would never want a life without you!

You all know who you are so there is no reason for me to add names here.

Love

Camilla

This is not what I expected in Santa Monica!

This is not what I want, and I don't have any jacket or umbrella.... I hope the weather will be nice tomorrow.... I was like a wet dog when I came home today... not fun at all!

Knott's Scary Farm Hunt!

This Saturday I went with Noemi, Sonja, Margaux,

Moises to Knott's Scary Farm Hunt!

This is an

amusement

park in Buena Park.

We went on a roller coaster the first thing we did, we did't know that it was an roller coaster until we got closer. And we thought that it was an easy no problemo coaster.... Ohh Boy that we had wrong there! The first hill went up... high and then down to go back up again and it never ended... and in the dark to so we did't see what was to come...
After that we walked through the park and one monster after another scared the shit out of us... but fun! Then we found an other roller coaster and this one went upside down it was much nicer than the first one but after this one and a head with migraine I felt so sick! So I had to sit down with Noemi while the other wild ones went on an other,,, I've never felt this bad and it lasted for about an hour and a half. Then I started to feel better again. So we went on a train ride and a water ride... I did't get wet at all so I was happy. Then we stood in line again for another thing that broke down just before we should go on it so we went home at 1.30 am. It was a very fun night! Thank you all my friends!

Love Camilla

29th of September!

I was in school today, went to my classes as I always do Art 10c and English 1.
Then I had lunch with Sofie, Margaux and Ernst, it's nice to be able to hang-out with friends during the day... After lunch we went to sit down in the grass.

"the grass feels like plastic" - Camilla

"It's not plastic Camilla" - Sofie.

Then I went to the math complex with Margaux to do some homework, (I'm not taking math by the way) And then we had a race home from school! Me on Pico blvd and Margaux on Pearl st. I won!! Even if I had to walk across the campus that was crowed.
Sonja was waiting for us at the gate and then we got home... Sonja had some Butterfingers (Kexchoklad med jordnötssmör mellan lagerna) Not good...

We were lucky that we could hang-out by the pool, it's September people!! And the Pool!! Crazy!!!

Love Camilla

Weekend

Saturday morning farmers market

This is going to be a GOOD YEAR

To the beach in Redondo
<---- Dolphins

Camilla hey cutie!

Noemi

I went to the Farmers Market next door and then I texted with Noemi and we decided that we wanted to go to the beach in Redondo, this weekend is the warmest during the whole year and the "summer" is gone... So I don't really know what this is now. We went with Moises and Ernst. Fun day :)

Love Camilla

Rollerskating disco!!!

After my class on Thursday night I got back home to the apartment and it was full of "Nurses" I got dressed in to my out-fit á 80th!! Noemi came not long after and the "Nurses" on tour was completed.... I just love my nurses! Noemi brought the boys to! So that was fun! We talked and the the guards came and told us to be quiet... we weren't loud but anyway. We got in to the cars, I was driving one of them... I think I need to get used to the LA traffic because it's bad... Anyone in Sweden that have been driving in Stockholm? Take Stockholm and multiplication with 10 and you have the daily LA traffic!! Cars every were! Sorry Sonja but I'm not used to big cities like this... Anyway back to my story, we headed to Glendale for the Rollerskating disco!
It was so fun, I just had to figure out how they worked (I'm used to in-lines) I was able to understand the skates but not how you stop with out crashing in to something. Sonja was the wild one! I wonder if her skates had red-bull before...? Thanks Noemi for finding this fun place... The night ended Friday morning at 4am and then Camilla was back at school at 9am.

Thank you all Nurses and the boys for a fun night!

Love

Camilla